History Manga / RougeNoir

* AgeGapRomance: There's a five year difference between Ayane and Kou. Unusually, the woman is the older one.

* BetaCouple: [[spoiler: Surprisingly enough... Rena and Naoto. [[OddCouple Sorta]].]]
* BigFancyHouse: Kou's.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Ayane, in the past.]]
* BrokenBird: Ayane has more issues than you'd think.

* [[spoiler: FalseRapeAccusation]]: [[spoiler: See WoundedGazelleGambit.]]

* HeIsAllGrownUp: Kou, and how.
** And his pup Ryuunosuke, too. Ayane met [[TomboyishName her]] when she was a puppy, then as a big Shiba dog.

* {{Josei}}

* LoveHurts
* {{Meganekko}}: Ayane

* RomanticFalseLead: Naoto

* SpoiledBrat: Rena Morikawa
* SugarAndIceGuy: Ayane thinks Kou is this.

* {{Yonkoma}}: The ''Wanderful Life'' omakes featuring Ryuunosuke.

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Ayane used to have RapunzelHair at age 19. At age 25 she has a much shorter cut. [[spoiler: By the end of the series, as she and Kou manage to go the EarnYourHappyEnding way, Ayane has let it grow long again, as a sign that her emotional damage is more or less healing.]]

* [[spoiler: [[SexualHarassmentAndRapeTropes Rape Is Love]]:]] Discussed. [[spoiler: Ayane ''does'' aknowledge her and Kou's sexual encounter years ago as rape, and yet she also admits to having feelings for him. She isn't too happy about it.]]
-->"[[spoiler: Six years ago, Kou violated me.]] (...) Even I think [[LampshadeHanging there's something wrong with me.]] (...) That sound [[spoiler: and Kou himself]], despite the calamitous past that we have, are drawing me in."
** And later [[spoiler: when Kou and Ayane declare their mutual love and have sex willingly, Kou reveals [[MyGreatestFailure that he has been feeling guilty ever since then]] and apologizes profusely to her.]]

* AgeGapRomance: There's a five year difference between Ayane and Kou. Unusually, the woman is the older one.

* MayDecemberRomance: May September (five years), and unusually the woman is the older one.

Rouge Noir is a short jousei manga by Kyouko Mizutani, spanning two volumes.

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Rouge Noir is a short jousei manga by Kyouko Mizutani, spanning two volumes.

!!Rouge Noir has the following examples:

* {{Yonkoma}}: The ''Wanderful Life'' omakes featuring Ryuunosuke.

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* {{Sensei-chan}}: "Ayane-cchi", though not as much as others. She's also the extremely rare example where the "sensei-chan" ''is the lead''.

* HotTeacher: Ayane and her boyfriend Naoto. [[spoiler: Kou later becomes a student teacher in their workplace.]]

* JustAKid: Kou has big problems with that, to the point of a BerserkButton. [[spoiler: He ends up pretty much raping Ayane and giving her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech when he believes she's reinforcing the trope on him, which is the reason why she stopped giving him classes.]]

* [[spoiler: [[SexualHarassmentAndRapeTropes Rape Is Love]]:]] Discussed. [[spoiler: Ayane ''does'' aknowledge her and Kou's sexual encounter years ago as rape, and yet she also admits to having feelings for him.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: Had Naoto not picked up Ayane's cellphone ''and'' deleted Kou's messages for her due to outta jealousy, nothing would've happened in the end.]]

Flashforward to six years. 25-year-old Ayane is now a beautiful school teacher in an all-girls school, is about to marry her long-time boyfriend Naoto and her life seems to be placid and perfect... but she hasn't really forgotten Kou. All of a sudden, while attending a jazz-piano audition, she finds the now older Kou again. Old feelings sort-of return, and Ayane's heart is a mess from then on...

Flashforward to six years. 25-year-old Ayane is now a beautiful school teacher in an all-girls school and her life seems to be placid and perfect, but she hasn't really forgotten Kou. All of a sudden, while attending a jazz-piano audition, she finds the now older Kou again. Old feelings sort-of return, and Ayane's heart is a mess from then on...

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Ayane used to have RapunzelHair at age 19. At age 25 she has a much shorter cut.

* [[spoiler: [[RapeTropes Rape Is Love]]:]] Discussed. [[spoiler: Ayane ''does'' aknowledge her and Kou's sexual encounter years ago as rape, and yet she also admits to having feelings for him.]]

* JustAKid: Kou has big problems with that, to the point of a BerserkButton. [[spoiler: He ends up pretty much raping Ayane and giving her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, which is the reason why she stopped giving him classes.]]

* {{Sensei-chan}}: "Ayane-cchi", though not as much as others.

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Kou]] towards [[spoiler: Rena]], when [[spoiler: she tells him she ratted them out.]]

Rouge Noir is a short jousei manga by Kyouko Mizutani, spanning two volumes. [[http://manga.animea.net/rouge-noir.html If you wish, you can read it here.]]

* TheWhitePrince: Kou, son of a VERY wealthy tycoon from the aviation business

* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: What made Kou snap on Ayane and rape her was seeing her with Naoto after he had called her to his cell in the middle of an HeroicBSOD and she didn't reply. (Because Naoto had found her cellphone and deleted his messages).]]

* [[spoiler: RapeIsLove:]] Discussed. [[spoiler: Ayane aknowledges her and Kou's sexual encounter years ago as rape, and yet she also admits to having feelings for him.]]

* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler: Kou is accused of trying to rape a girl named Rena Morikawa. It turns out that, in the end, it was this: Rena wanted to "help" Naoto to "clean up competition" and take Kou "out" so he'd have the way cleared to win Ayane's affections. It doesn't really work anyway, since Naoto sees [[YouAreNotMyType that Ayane was more feisty than he thought]].]]

When Ayane Tezuka was 19, she was a cute college student aiming to be a piano player. In these days she also was the private tutor of a young rich boy, Kou Narumiya, and sparks simply '''flew'' between them! However, not only Kou was from one of the richest families in Japan but he's only 14, despite being much YoungerThanTheyLook. And once Kou's mother noticed and harshly warned Ayane to not get too close to Kou, such an attraction ended up in... well, not good terms.

* ChekhovsGun: Ayane once plays the piano for Kou while tutoring him. [[spoiler: Kou later plays it in the Evans club's opening]]

* ElegantClassicalMusician: Both Kou and Ayane, in different degrees. Ayane is also a pretty decent singer.

* [[spoiler: NearRapeExperience: When Ayane goes to Kou's house after he's (falsely) accused of trying to rape Rena, he pins her to the bed. When Ayane tells him the same words she told him before he raped her years ago and admit that she's jealous, Kou stops himself and lets her go.]]
* [[spoiler: RapeIsLove: Discussed. Ayane aknowledges her and Kou's sexual encounter years ago as rape, and yet she also admits to having feelings for him.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: Had Naoto not picked up Ayane's cellphone ''and'' deleted Kou's messages for her, nothing would've happened in the end.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Kou towards Rena, when she tells him she ratted them out.]]

When Ayane Tezuka was 19, she was a cute college student aiming to be a piano player. In these days she also was the private tutor of a young rich boy, Kou Narumiya, and sparks flied between them! However, not only Kou was from one of the richest families in Japan but he's only 14, despite being much YoungerThanTheyLook. And once Kou's mother noticed and harshly warned Ayane to not get too close to Kou, such an attraction ended up in... well, not good terms.

* SwissMessenger: [[spoiler: Had Naoto not picked up Ayane's cellphone ''and'' deleted Kou's messages for her, nothing would've happened in the end.]]

When Ayane Tezuka was 19, she was a cute college student aiming to be a piano player. In these days she also was the private tutor of a young rich boy, Kou Narumiya, an the sparks fly between them! However, not only Kou is from a rich family but he's only 14, despite being YoungerThanTheyLook. And once Kou's mother notices and harshly warns Ayane to not get too close to Kou, such an attraction ends up in... well, nothing.

Flashforward to six years. Ayane is now a beautiful school teacher in an all-girls school and her life seems to be placid and perfect, but she hasn't really forgotten Kou. All of a sudden, while attending a jazz-piano audition, she finds the now older Kou again. Old feelings sort-of return, and Ayane's heart is a mess from then on...

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Ayane, after Kou rapes her. Kou has one of his own almost immediately afterwards, when she's gone and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what he did to her fully sinks in]].]]
* HotForStudent: Played with. When Ayane was Kou's tutor, there was UST between them but nothing came out of it. [[spoiler: Or so it seems.]] Six years later, when they meet again, he still calls her "sensei".

* [[spoiler: NearRapeExperience: When Ayane goes to Kou's house after he's accused of trying to rape Rena, he pins her to the bed. When Ayane tells him the same words she told him before he raped her years ago and admit that she's jealous, Kou stops himself and lets her go.]]

** And later [[spoiler: when Kou and Ayane declare their mutual love and have sex, Kou reveals [[MyGreatestFailure that he has been feeling guilty ever since then]] and apologizes profusely to her.]]

* [[spoiler: ScarpiaUltimatum: Sorta. Naoto knows Kou didn't try to rape Rena, but he blackmails Ayane with it: he'll only testify in Kou's favor if she accepts to marry him. He later backs off.]]

-->"What a pitiful [[spoiler: woman]]! Are you only capable of finding happiness through the misfortune of others?

* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler: Kou is accused of trying to rape a girl named Rena Morikawa. It turns out that, in the end, it was this: Rena wanted to "help" Naoto to "clean up competition" and take him "out" so he'd have the way cleared to win Ayane's affections. It doesn't really work anyway, since Naoto sees [[YouAreNotMyType that Ayane was more feisty than he thought]].]]

* ElegantClassicalMusician: Both Kou and Ayane, in different degrees.

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Ayane, after Kou rapes her. Kou, when Ayane's gone and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what he did to her fully sinks in]].]]

* SwissMessenger: [[spoiler: Had Naoto not picked up Ayane's cellphone ''and'' deleted Kou's messages for her, nothing would've happened in the end-]]

* HotTeacher: Ayane, her best friend Riko and her boyfriend Naoto. [[spoiler: Kou later becomes a student teacher in their workplace.]]

* [[spoiler: RapeIsLove: Discussed. Ayane aknowledges her and Kou's sexual encounter years ago as rape, and yet she also admits to having feelings for him. ]]

* [[spoiler: ScarpiaUltimatum: Sorta. Naoto knows Kou didn't try to rape Rena, but he blackmails Ayane with it: he'll only testify in Kou's favor if she accepts to marry him.]]
* ShowerOfAngst: [[spoiler: Ayane, after the incident with Kou.]]

* TheWhitePrince: Kou

** And his pup Ryuunosuke, too. Ayane met [[TombyishName her]] when she was a puppy, then as a big Shiba dog.

** And his pup Ryuunosuke, too. Ayane met him when he was a puppy, then as a big Shiba dog.

* {{Yonkoma}: The ''Wanderful Life'' omakes featuring Ryuunosuke.

** And his pup Ryuunosuke, too. Ayane met him when he was a puppy, then as a big Akita dog.

When Ayane Tezuka was 19, she was a cute college student aiming to be a piano player. In these days she also was the private tutor of a young rich boy, Kou Narumiya, an the sparks fly between them! However, not only Kou is from a rich family but he's only 14, despite being YoungerThanTheyLook. And once Kou's mother notices and warns Ayane to not get too close to Kou, nothing really happened in the end.

* BigFancyHouse: Kou's

* HotForStudent: Played with. When Ayane was Kou's tutor, there was UST between them but nothing came out of it. Six years later, when they meet again, he
* HotTeacher: Ayane, and her boyfriend Naoto

* RescueRomance:
* RomanticRunnerUp: Naoto

RougeNoir is a short jousei manga by Kyouko Mizutani, spanning two volumes. [[http://manga.animea.net/rouge-noir.html If you wish, you can read it here.]]


!!RougeNoir has the following examples: